Bertha Zagorianos
Mar 2, 2012
ZAGORIANOS, Bertha, (83), passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family March 2, 2012. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. Bertha was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She was active in the Greek community, and a member of Saint Sophia where she helped start the nursery and volunteered her time there for over 50 years....
Dorothy Sands Lynn
Mar 2, 2012
Dear Friends Of Dorothy Lynn, It is with great sadness that I am writing to let you know that my mother passed away in the early afternoon on Friday March 2nd. She has been living with leukemia for almost 3 years and it finally took its toll. Weekly shots worked for the first year or so. Chemotherapy did not work....
Pedro Vargas
Feb 29, 2012
Pedro Vargas was born October 22, 1922 in Jalisco, Mexico. He died unexpectedly February 29, 2012 at the age of 89. A viewing has been scheduled from 4-8 p.m. with a rosary at 7 p.m. at Douglass & Zook Chapel of Remembrance for Monday, March 5, 2012.
Raymond H. Brown
Feb 28, 2012
December 2, 1919 - February 28, 2012 Raymond H. Brown was born on December 2, 1919 in Edmond, Oklahoma. He was one of seven children born to Thomas and Sirenie Brown. He leaves behind three daughters - Melinda Brown (Monrovia, CA), Cecelia Taylor (Ojai, CA), and Kathy Aragon (Albuquerque, NM). He has one son, Ray Schmidt, (Fairfield, CA). He also...
Floretta Williams
Feb 26, 2012
Floretta Johnson was born on August 28, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. She was the youngest of the late Kelly and Hattie Johnson’s three children. She grew up in a nurturing family setting with her brothers, Ellis and Ernest, and went to school in Monrovia. Floretta graduated from Monrovia High School in 1960. She worked at City of Hope and...
Virginia B. Alderfer
Feb 25, 2012
Virginia Bert Alderfer, long time Upland resident, died peacefully in Meridian, Idaho, on February 25, 2012. Born in Abilene, Kansas, May 19, 1919, Virginia moved to Southern California as a youth with her family. After graduating from Beulah High School, Virginia received an AA degree from Chaffey College. She married her beloved husband of 59 years, Dr. A. James Alderfer...
Kenneth Dee Walters
Feb 23, 2012
Kenneth Dee Walters was born to Evan Dee Walters and Berniece Olive Harper on October 7, 1942 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Los Angeles, California. In June of the following year, Kenneth’s father passed away. After Evan’s death, Berniece’s mother Olive Harper came to California from St. George to help care for Kenneth while Berniece worked. Every summer, Olive returned...
Frank J. Podd
Feb 22, 2012
Frank J. Podd, 91, passed away February 22, 2012. Frank is survived by his beloved wife, Alverna; his daughters, Sheila Flores, Teresa Pujdak, Nancy Whitfield & May Lynn Rothenberg, and his grand and great grandchildren. Graveside Services at the Miramar National Cemetery in San Diego will be held on Monday, February 27 at 12:30 PM. Care entrusted to the Douglass...
George Hall
Feb 20, 2012
On May 25, 1925, in San Bernardino, George entered this world. He was born to Adelma Vaughn and Harold Hall. He joined his older sister Haroldine and now the Hall family became a foursome. As a boy the family picked up and left San Bernardino and moved to East Los Angles. Georgie Lee, as his mother called him, attended Eastmont...
Dorothy Huskey Odell
Feb 20, 2012
Dorothy H. Odell, 92, passed away February 20, 2012. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, George, and is survived by her daughter, Leslie; son, George E. Odell, Jr., and her grand and great grandchildren. Private services. Care entrusted to the Douglass & Zook Chapel of Remembrance in Monrovia.
Velia Moreno
Feb 19, 2012
Velia Moreno was born in Los Angeles, California on February 22,1929 to Francisco & Juana Macias. She was married to Jesus Moreno, Jr. who predeceased her. She is survived by her sons Michael and Jesus III; grandchildren Deanna, Dalilah, Theresa, Jesse & Mickey; great grandchildren Brianna, Sofia, Zoe & Diego. Velia also leaves her sister Martha and brothers Billy and...
Hazel Mae Parker
Feb 19, 2012
Hazel Mae Powers was born on July 20, 1929 in Chanute, Kansas. She was the fourth of Camillous and Alberta Powers’ seven children. In 1939 the Powers family including her siblings, Alice, Florence, Valena, Helen, Camillous Jr., and Glen moved to San Bernardino, California and relocated to Monrovia in the early 1940s. Young Hazel continued her schooling in this quiet,...
Harold Walker Cowan
Feb 18, 2012
Harold W. Cowan, went to be with the Lord on February 19,2012. He lived to be 95 years old. Harold is survived by his loving wife of 68 years, Elise, and son Thomas (Karen) Cowan and sister Helen Cowan and Nancy Wallace who he loved like a daughter. Services for Harold will be held on February 23, 2012 at 10:00am...
Lawrence Curtis Darwin
Feb 17, 2012
Lawrence “Larry” Curtis Darwin, 74, passed away February 17, 2012 in Arcadia, California. He was born April 6, 1937 in Phoenix, Arizona. He is survived by his wife, Carol L. Darwin; children, Richard Curtis Darwin, Kristen Michelle Canavan, and Megan Carney Darwin; brother, Raymond Darwin; and grandchildren, Ryan Curtis Darwin, Robert Winston Darwin, Maisy Banbury Canavan, Lulu Clementine Canavan, and...
Frankie Gray Easterling
Feb 16, 2012
Frankie Gray Easterling, 39, passed away February 16, 2012 in Pomona, California. She was born May 14, 1972 in Pomona, California. She is survived by her mother, Rosetta D. (Tony) Woodson; father, James A. Easterling, Jr.; grandmother, Celia Mae Ivey; brothers, Zachary Wimberly, Demetrius and Travell Dupree; and cousin, Leticia Hamlin. A visitation will be held Wednesday, February 22, 2012...
Carla Marks-Sunda
Feb 15, 2012
Carla Marks-Sunda September 26, 1946 ~ February 15, 2012 “I ate it up and spit it out. I faced it all and I stood tall; And did it my way.” Carla, “Moozie,” was a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandma and best friend. She is survived by Eugene and Shirley Marks, Parents; Steve Sunda, Husband; Robyn (Fred) Farley, Sister;...
Antinio Mojica
Feb 13, 2012
Antonio Mojica, 77, passed away February 13, 2012. Antonio is survived by his beloved wife, Mary Luise Mojica; his sons, David, Vincent, Manuel, Angel and Edward; daughters, Laura and Frances; his sister, Guadalupe Rivera, and his grandchildren, Katherine, Bryan, Robert, Haley, Vincent Jr., Michael, Tessa, Anthony & Vanessa. A Funeral Mass at 10 AM on Monday, February 20 will be...
Mary Phinos Chester
Feb 8, 2012
Mary Phinos was born December 12, 1920 in California to immigrant Greek parents, Vasiliki and James Phinos, joining brothers George, John and Andy. In 1941, she married Dr. Nicholas T. Chester, D.D.S. Son, Tom Chester and daughter, Kathy Chester joined the family in the mid 1940s. Mary and Dr. Chester were extremely proud of being founding members of the first...
Claudia Yvonnne Baer
Feb 8, 2012
Claudia Yvonne Baer, born March 13, 1922 in California, passed into Eternal Life on February 8, 2012 in Duarte, CA. Mrs. Baer, a resident of Duarte since 1955, was a piano teacher for many students over the many years. She will be greatly missed by her many students and friends. A Graveside service will be held at Live Oak Memorial...
Perla De Silva
Feb 4, 2012
Perla deSilva, 78, passed away February 4, 2012. Perla is survived by her son, Victor; daughters, Angelica Mountain & Perla Mercade; her sisters, Raquel, Rosa & Nena; her grandchildren, Jasen, Marco, Terri, Danielle, Janelle, Maya & Emily, and her great grandchildren, Lexie, Adelyn, Joaquin & Cruz. Visitation hours 6-8 PM on Friday, Feb. 10, will be held at the Douglass...